New Quests in Stellar Astrophysics: The Link Between Stars and Cosmology: Proceedings of the International Conference held in Puerto Vallarta, México, 26–30 March 2001

318 Pages·2002·34.917 MB·English

by  Robert L. Kurucz (auth.), Miguel Chávez, Alessandro Bressan, Alberto Buzzoni, Divakara Mayya (eds.)

NEWQUESTS INSTELLARASTROPHYSICS:
THELINKBETWEEN STARSANDCOSMOLOGY
ASTROPHYSICS AND
SPACE SCIENCE LIBRARY
VOLUME 274
EDITORIALBOARD
Chairman
W.B.BURTON,NationalRadioAstronomyObservatory,Charlottesville,Virginia, U.S.A.
([email protected]);UniversityofLeiden,TheNetherlands([email protected])
Executive Committee
J.M.E.KUIJPERS,Faculty ofScience, Nijmegen,The Netherlands
E.P.1.VANDEN HEUVEL,AstronomicalInstitute, UniversityofAmsterdam,
The Netherlands
H.VANDER LAAN,AstronomicalInstitute, UniversityofUtrecht,
The Netherlands
MEMBERS
I.APPENZELLER,LandessternwarteHeidelberg-Konigstuhl, Germany
J.N.BAHCALL,The InstituteforAdvancedStudy,Princeton, U.S.A.
F.BERTOLA, Universitddi Padova, Italy
J.P.CASSINELLI, UniversityofWisconsin, Madison, U.S.A.
C.1.CESARSKY, Centre d'Etudesde Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex,France
O.ENGVOLD,InstituteofTheoreticalAstrophysics, UniversityofOslo, Norway
R.McCRAY, UniversityofColorado,JILA, Boulder; U.S.A.
P.G.MURDIN,InstituteofAstronomy, Cambridge, U.K.
F.PACINI, IstitutoAstronomiaArcetri, Firenze, Italy
V.RADHAKRISHNAN,RamanResearchInstitute, Bangalore, India
K.SATO,SchoolofScience, The UniversityofTokyo,Japan
F.H.SHU, University ofCalifornia, Berkeley, U.S.A.
B.V.SOMOV,AstronomicalInstitute,MoscowState University, Russia
R.A.SUNYAEV, SpaceResearch Institute,Moscow,Russia
Y.TANAKA,InstituteofSpace &AstronauticalScience, Kanagawa, Japan
S.TREMAINE,CITA, Princeton University, U.S.A.
N.O.WEISS, UniversityofCambridge, U.K.
NEW QUESTS IN STELLAR
ASTROPHYSICS:
THE LINK BETWEEN STARS
AND COSMOLOGY
Proceedings of the International Conference held in
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, 26-30 March 2001
edited by
MIGUEL CHAvEZ
Instituto Nacional de Astroffsica Optica y Electr6nica,
Puebla, Mexico
ALESSANDRO BRESSAN
Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova,
Padova, Italy
ALBERTO BUZZONI
Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Milan;
and Telescopio Nazionale Galileo, Italy
and
DIVAKARA MAYYA
lnstituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electr6nica,
Puebla, Mexico
....
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Contents
Preface xi
PartI StellarAtmospheres
AFewThingsWeDo Not Know AboutStars andModel Atmospheres 3
R.L. Kurucz
Cool StellarAtmospheres 15
P. H. Hauschildt,A. Schweitzer, F. Allard,J. W Ferguson, D. Alexander,E. Baron
ACritical Appraisal ofATLAS9and NextGen5 Model Atmospheres 27
E. Bertone,A. Buzzoni,M. Chavez, L. H. Rodriguez-Merino
APreciseNewMethodtoCorrectingTemperatureinStellarAtmospheres 29
O.Cardona,L. Crivellari, E.Simonneau
New PhenomenaDiscovered intheAtmospheresofNormal Late-B TypeStars 33
S.Hubrig,G.M. Wahlgren,F. Castelli
Heating the Quiet CoronabyExplosiveEvents inUV:Results from SUMER
onboardSoHO 37
J.P. Torres-Papaqui, E. Mendoza
AGrid ofSyntheticStellar UV Fluxes 39
L.H. Rodriguez-Merino, M. Chavez, A.Buzzoni,E.Bertone
AGrid ofLTEZero-MetallicityStellarFluxes 41
M.Chavez, O. Cardona
PartII PopulationIIIandZero-MetaSl tars
The EvolutionaryPropertiesofZero-MetalStars intheMass Range Between
4 and 100M 47
0
A.Chieffi,M.Limongi,I.Dominguez; O.Straniero
The PeculiarEvolutionofLow-MassPop IIIStars 55
H.Schlattl, S.Cassisi,A.Weiss,M.Salaris
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vi THELINKBETWEENSTARSANDCOSMOLOGY
Zero-MetalStellarYields,theIMFforPopulationTIlandNucleosynthetic
Constraints 59
C.Abia,l. Dominguez;O.Straniero,M.Limongi,A. Chiefji,J.lsem
TheStellarIMFinVeryMetal-DeficientGas 63
F. Nakamura,M. Umemura
CosmologicalOriginoftheLowestMetallicityHaloStars 69
X. Hernandez;A. Ferrara
CosmologicalChemistryandtheFormationoftheFirstObjects 73
A.Lipovka,J.Saucedo.J.Campos,l. Soto
ThePrimordialLi: NewObservations 77
P. Bonifacio
PartIII Starsin theMilkyWay
StarFormationHistoryintheSolarNeighborhood:theLinkBetweenStars
andCosmology 83
V. Avila-Reese.C. Firmani, X.Hemdnde;
CarbonandOxygenGalacticAbundanceGradientsPredictedbyDifferent
Stellar Yields 91
L.Carigi
TheUpperEndoftheGalacticMetallicityScale 95
B.J.Taylor
SpectralIndicesofStarsatSuper-solarRegime 103
A. Buzzoni,M.Chavez.M.L.Malagnini,C.Morossi
TheProperMotionoftheGlobularClusterNGC6553andofBulgeStars
withHST 107
M.Zoccali,A.Renzini,S.Ortolani,E.Bica,B.Barbuy
UpdateonGlobularClusterAges III
P. Demarque,Y.C. Kim,S. Yi
ASurveyofOpenClustersatSanPedroMartir 119
A.Moitinho, l¥.Schuster; C. Chavarria
AbouttheIMFinYoungStellarClusters 121
A.Porras,l. Cruz-Gonzalez; L.Salas
PartIV Stars in Local Galaxies
ReconstructingStarFormationEpisodesintheLocalGroup 127
D.Valls-Gabaud,X.Hernandez; G.Gilmore
Contents vii
DeepStudiesoftheResolvedStellarPopulations intheOutskirts ofM31 131
A.M.N. Ferguson
CommentsonBinaryStarEvolutionandtheSmallMagellanic Cloud
System HD5980 135
G.Koenigsberger, E.Moreno
StellarMetallicities BeyondtheLocalGroup withVLTIFORS 139
N.Przybilla, F. Bresolin,R. H. Mendez, Rolf-PeterKudritzki
AnEstimate ofHousingCepheid PeriodLuminosity Relations atMaximum
~~ 1~
S.M. Kanbur,S.Nikolaev
Ho Luminosity Function ofHIIRegions:.PreliminaryCalibration of
aPowerfulStandardCandle 147
M. Rozas, A. Cardwell, A.Zurita, J. E. Beckman
OntheBehavior oftheIonizedGasinNGC4449 151
M. Yaldez-Gutierrez; M.Rosado,1.Puerari
NGC5044-N50:aLinkBetweenBlueCompact GalaxiesandDwarf
Ellipticals 153
S.A. Cellone, A. Buzzoni
StarFormation inRingGalaxies 155
y. D.Mayya,R.Romano
PartV PopulationSynthesis andGalaxy Models
RecentStarFormation inGalaxies 159
A. Bressan
Extinction andStarFormationHistories ofNearbyStarburstGalaxies 167
Y. D.Mayya.A. Bressan, M.Rodriguez; J. R. Valdes
DustandNebularEmissioninStarForming Galaxies 171
P. Panuzro, A. Bressan,G.L. Granato,L.Silva, L.Danese
Modeling theRadiotoX-raySEDofGalaxies 175
L. Silva, A. Bressan, G.L.Granato,P. Panuzzo
PopulationSynthesis intheBlueandtheSpectroscopic Ageof47Tucanae 181
R.P. Schiavon, S.M. Faber,J. A. Rose
OntheProperties ofPopulationIIIStars and"Galaxies" 185
D.Schaerer
PopulationSynthesis andtheDiagnostics ofHigh-RedshiftGalaxies 189
A. Buzzoni
viii THE LINKBETWEENSTARSANDCOSMOLOGY
PartVI High-MassStellarProductsanCdosmology
ExplosiveYieldsofMetalFreeSNIIandtheAbundancesinExtremely
Metal PoorStars 199
M. Limongi,A. Chiefji,O.Straniero,l. Domingue:
TheFirstDetectionofCobaltinaDampedLymanAlphaSystem 207
S.L.Ellison, S.G.Ryan,J.X. Prochaska
TypeIb-IcSupernovae: TimeClocksofSeyfertGalaxies? 211
A. Bressan, P. Marziani, M. Della Valle
OntheEvolutionofCosmologicalTypeIaSupernovaeandtheGravitational
Constant 215
E.Garda-Berro,E.Gaziaiiaga; J.Isern, O.Benvenuto,L.Althaus
LiftingtheVeil:,-RayBurstsasBeaconsforCosmicStarFormation 223
E.Ramirez-Ruiz; N. Trentham, A. W Blain
PartVII StellarEnvironmentisnHigh-RedshifGtalaxies
StarsandGasinHighRedshiftGalaxies 229
M.Pettini
AbundancesinDampedLya Systems 241
P. Molaro
HighRedshiftGalaxiesandtheIntergalacticMedium 249
R.A. e. Croft, V. Springel, L.Hernquist,M.White
DustPenetratedMorphologyintheHighRedshiftUniverse 253
D. L. Block, t. Puerari, M. Takamiya, R. Abraham, A. Stockton, I. Robson,
W Holland
TheDustyStarFormationHistoryofHigh-zGalaxies,ModelingToolsand
Future Prospects 257
G.L.Granato,L.Silva
OntheCalibration ofStarFormationRates 265
D. Rosa-Gonzalez, E.Terlevich,R. Terlevich
Excursions intotheEvolutionofEarly-typeGalaxies 269
O.Lopez-Cruz; D.Schade, L.F. Barrientos,M.D. Gladders, H.K.e. Yee,T. Kodama
OpticalIdentificationofX-raySourcesinaHighX-rayFluxSensitivity
AreafromtheRASS 277
R. Mujica,F. J.Zickgraf, V. Chavushyan, Y. Juarez, A. Serrano, I. Appenzeller,
J. Krautter
Contents ix
Intermediate Resolution H{3Spectroscopy andPhotometricMonitoring
of3C390.3 279
J. R. Valdes, L. Carrasco, V. H. Chavushyan, F. Legrand,A. 1. Shapovalova,
A. N. Burenkov, V. V. Vlasuyk, V. P. Mikhailov, O. 1. Spiridonova, A. M. Dumont,
S. Collin, V. T. Doroshenko, V. M. Lyuty, N. G. Bochkarev, O. Kurtanidze,
M.G.Nikolashvili
PartVIII New Insights from Radio aMnidllimeterSpectralWindows
Fromprotostars togalaxies withG1MILMT 283
L.Carrasco,A. Carramifiana
SearchingforanEarlyEpoch ofStarFormation withmm1sub-mm
BlankField Surveys 295
E.Chapin,D.H.Hughes,E.Gaziaiiaga;I. Aretxaga
TheCreation andEvolution ofGalaxies intheUniverse: Millimeter
Cosmology @ INAGE 297
E.Gaztaiiaga,D.H.Hughes,E.Chapin,I. Aretxaga
21-cmEmissionfromtheDampedLyman-aAbsorberSBS 1543+593 299
D.V. Bowen,E.Brinks,W Huchtmeier, T. M.Tripp,E.B.Jenkins
Cosmological ParametersandtheBaryon DensityfromCMBandGalaxy
Fluctuations 303
E. Gaztaiiaga;J.Barriga,M.G.Santos,S.Sarkar
ListofParticipants 309
Preface
Theinternationalconferenceon"TheLink betweenStars andCosmology"was
held in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, on March 26-30, 2001. This was the first
event in the spirit ofa new series ofINADE meetings, that intend to address
the "New Quests in StellarAstrophysics", providing an important opportunity
for international scientists to join and contribute to an up-to-date view of the
leading problems in this field of research.
A little over 100 participants from 13 countries got together and reviewed,
through 57 oral and postercontributions, a variety of topics that spannedfrom
solar physics to the properties of the primeval Universe. The headline of this
conference was actually to emphasize the emerging interplay between stellar
astrophysics and observational cosmology, in a new (and perhaps unusual)
approach to the global problem.
Thismeetingisnumber21ofarecentbutyetimportantscoreofeventsorganized
bytheINADEAstrophysicsDepartmentduring thelastsix years ofitsrenewed
scientific activity. These years have coincided with a remarkable growth of
scientific research inMexico, where Astrophysics played aleading roleboth in
terms ofbasic investigation andtechnological effort (the GTMlLMT,reviewed
laterinthis book, will bethe world's largest millimeterradio telescope when it
starts operating in 2004 from the VolcanoLa Negra, close to Puebla).
The throughput ofthis wide intellectual process has also been palpable in this
meeting, whereaboutonethirdoftheparticipantsweregraduateandundergrad
uatestudentsfrom allovertheglobe,including7differentMexicaninstitutions,
who could attend the conference thanks to a generous funding by INADE,the
Universities ofPuebla (BUAP) and Guadalajara (UdeG). Even more encour
aging, the role ofthese young scientists has not only been limited to a"silent"
and respectful audience, but also most ofthem actively participated presenting
fresh results oftheir research.
Asidethefruitful discussionandinterchangethatinvolvedparticipants allalong
the meeting, we should especially thank allthe invited speakers for spending a
relevant effort intheir contributions to give atimely and focused picture ofthe
leading problems that link stellar physics and galaxy evolution in the overall
context ofhigh-redshift cosmology.
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